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INVIDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does invidia mean?
• INVIDIA (noun)
The noun INVIDIA has 1 sense:
1. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Familiarity information: INVIDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
envy; invidia
Hypernyms ("invidia" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
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